Astrid Schomaker

Astrid Schomaker is Director for Global Sustainable Development at the European Commission’s Directorate General for the Environment. Her portfolio includes international relations,    international resource efficiency, and environment policy strategy, including the alignment of environment policy with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.

A lawyer by training, she joined the European Commission in 1992 where she held various posts in the external affairs department, before moving to the Environment Department in 2004 where she lead work on a variety of issues including, chemicals, oceans and water industry as well as overall coordination and communication. She took up her present position in July 2016.